redress
[rɪ'dres] formal
verb transitive
■to put right a wrong or give payment for a wrong that has been done 纠正，矫正；补偿，向…赔偿损失•Most managers, politicians and bosses are men - how can women redress the balance (= make the situation fairer and more equal) ?大多数的经理、政治家和老板都是男性——女性怎样才能改变这种不平衡的状况呢？
[rɪ'dres] formal
noun uncountable
■money that someone has to pay to someone else because they have injured them or treated them badly （对伤害或虐待所致损失的）赔偿，赔款•He went to the industrial tribunal to seek redress for the way his employers had discriminated against him.因为雇主对他有所歧视，他走上了劳资仲裁法庭为自己讨回公道。 |